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Appropriations OKs Highway Patrol budget with one‑time purchases, taser replacement and vehicle funding shift
Summary
The Appropriations Committee gave Senate Bill 20‑11 a due‑pass as amended, approving the Highway Patrol budget with one‑time items for body armor, preliminary breath testers, road‑course resurfacing, handgun replacement and taser rotation; some costs were shifted to motor‑carrier electronic permit funds.
Representative Pyle presented the Highway Patrol budget (SB 20‑11). The House amendments moved several one‑time items from general fund to the Motor Carrier Electronic Permit Fund (money collected largely from commercial motor carriers), and other line items were adjusted to reflect updated fleet and equipment estimates.
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